In a small northern California coastal town called Moonlight Cove, mysterious deaths start happening that the local police department seem to be covering up. An undercover FBI agent is sent in to discover who's behind the cover-ups and why it's happening. He discovers a network of evil that is beyond imagining.

This was a really fast paced novel of technology gone awry. The technology is extremely dated by today's standards, twenty years later, but the fear of technology out of control still resonates to today's reader.

My only criticism of the book is that the instigator of the evil technology seemed a little too one-dimensional and at times I had to suspend my disbelief of his motivation. His megalomania, and his thrall to technology seemed at times to be at odds with his spiritual vision-quest. He seemed to be motivated at times by a purely spiritual quest, and on the other hand, to be motivated by a purely scientific quest. They didn't totally mesh in my mind. But not enough to make me not enjoy the book. ( )

Four people are the last hope of Moonlight Cove, because one by one the rest of the citizens are changinginto boogymen, werewolves, mythical creatures, or something entirely new. They are the New People, willing victims of a seductive experiment in chemically induced evolution. They can transform their bodies at will and eliminate unproductive emotions, like grief and compassion. In fact, the only instinct left to the New People is self-preservation, and their only emotion is fear. And they want the rest of humanity to join them. Popular author Koontz ( Watchers , Lighting ) has again delivered a gripping horror thriller with well-drawn characters and plenty of suspense. ( )

My favorate Koontz book to date, one of his few that are horror novels. While filled with horror, this book was more about dark corners of humanity, where one man began converting an entire town into "something better" and it turned out to be something far worse. This book very nicely paced as are most Koontz books, he did a nice job of creating a very creepy town, and putting us in the perspective of several different people, including some of the bad guys. It was just all around great, never let up. ( )

Gosh, I read it awhile ago, but had trouble remembering what it was about. This one is not too memorable... ( )

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